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Alumni pose outside a restaurant in Pittsburgh

Penn State to celebrate National PSHRS Day

6/7/18

The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society, an affiliate program group for alumni of the Penn State School of Hospitality Management and predecessor programs, will celebrate the third annual National PSHRS Day on June 21 across the country.

Arne M. Arne Sorenson is president and CEO of Marriott International Inc.

School of Hospitality Management and alumni to honor Marriott CEO in 2018

11/8/17

The Penn State School of Hospitality Management in the College of Health and Human Development and the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society have named Arne Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International, as the 2018 Hospitality Executive of the Year. The University will honor Sorenson at a reception at the Nittany Lion Inn on April 12, 2018.

John Metz

Nine standout hospitality management alumni honored

10/11/17

The Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society and Penn State School of Hospitality Management will honor nine alumni during the 2017 Alumni Awards Reception in conjunction with the school’s annual Alumni in the Classroom event.

Kirsten Marroni sitting during workshop

Hospitality management students hone leadership skills in workshop

9/7/16

Fourteen student leaders within the School of Hospitality Management (SHM) attended the Sara C. Parks Student Leadership Workshop, held in August at Café Laura. Parks is a nutritionist, professor emerita and former director of SHM. The workshop is offered through her endowment.

U.S. Travel's Roger Dow named 2010 Hospitality Executive of the Year

8/5/10

Roger Dow, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Travel Association, has been named the 2010 Hospitality Executive of the Year by the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society (PSHRS). Dow will receive the award during the 49th Hospitality Executive of the Year Award Reception on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, at the Rosenthal Pavilion of the Kimmel Center, New York University. As part of the honor, Dow will also be inducted into the Penn State Hospitality Hall of Fame, located at The Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus.

PSHRS names Kimpton's Leondakis Hospitality Executive of the Year

10/20/09

Niki Leondakis, chief operating officer of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, has been named the 2009 Hospitality Executive of the Year by the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society (PSHRS). Leondakis will receive the award during the 48th Hospitality Executive of the Year Award Reception on Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Rosenthal Pavilion of the Kimmel Center at New York University. As part of the honor, Leondakis will also be inducted into the Penn State Hospitality Hall of Fame, located at The Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus.